英语词汇“rabbitry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

rabbit¹ /rabˈit/

noun

A small burrowing mammal of any of several genera of the family Leporidae, related to the hare

Its flesh (as food)

Its fur

An inferior player at golf, cricket, etc

A timid person

An unimportant, insignificant person

Same as go-devil (see under go¹) (mining)

(in pl; also white rabbits) spoken before anything else on the first day of the month, to invoke good luck

intransitive verb

To hunt rabbits

To talk at length and in a rambling fashion (informal; often with on; orig rhyming slang rabbit and pork, talk)

ORIGIN: ME rabet; poss from ONFr

rabbˈiter noun

A person who hunts rabbits

rabbˈitry noun

rabbˈity adjective

rabbit fever noun

Another term for tularaemia

rabbˈitfish noun

rabbit food noun (derog inf)

Salad or other vegetables eaten raw

rabbit hole noun

A rabbit's burrow

rabbit hutch noun

A box for housing rabbits

rabbit punch noun

A blow on the back of the neck

rabbˈit-squirrel noun

A viscacha of the genus Lagidium, found in the mountainous parts of western S America

rabbˈit-sucker noun (Shakespeare)

A sucking rabbit

rabbit warren see under warren¹

be at it like rabbits (slang)

To have sexual intercourse frequently and eagerly

Welsh rabbit see rarebit under rare¹

white rabbits see rabbit (n) above.

rabbit1 /rabˈit/